Sunday, 5 July 2015

#Wimbledon Fact of the Day 05:07:15

Net gains…

At the first Wimbledon in 1877
the dimensions for the net were as follows: 3 feet 3 inches (1 metre) high in
the middle of the court, suspended from two posts placed 3 feet outside the
court at a height of 5 feet. The modern net is 3 ½ feet (1.07 metres) high.

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